Mozambique: Arrests in Cholera Clashes

Police have arrested 17 people accused of spreading disinformation about a cholera outbreak and mobs that destroyed local officials' homes.

A man washes his hands during cholera prevention session (file photo)

  • Mozambique:   Cholera Disinformation Leads to Clashes

    AIM, 17 February 2013

    At least two people were injured, and two others are reported dead in clashes in Mecufi district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, between police and mobs claiming that… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Cholera Confirmed in Northern Mozambique

    UNIRIN, 8 February 2013

    In the last 10 days, 22 cases of the waterborne disease cholera have been confirmed by laboratory testing in three areas in and around the northern Mozambique town of Pemba, in… Read more »

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